Thursday, 11 March 2021 - 35 of the leading aid agencies have joined together to warn of the suffering and increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a...
Syria + 1 more
Syria + 1 more
Thursday, 11 March 2021 - 35 of the leading aid agencies have joined together to warn of the suffering and increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a...
Ethiopia + 1 more
1. Executive summary Dollo Ado district hosts Somali refugees in five refugee camps of Melkadida; Bokolmanyo, Melkadida, Kobe, Hilaweyn and Buramino. The first camp, Bokolmanyo was opened in Oct 2009...
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Increasing number of refugees in the Horn of Africa by LKO, 2017/02/03 There is not enough water, more and more cattle is dying and food supplies are already short: for years now it has not rained...
RELIEF WORK IN NEPAL REMAINS IMPORTANT Just a few moments in April 2015 altered Nepal permanently: the earthquake with a magnitude of 7,8 on the Richter scale claimed about 9.000 fatalities and...
Greece + 6 more
by BWO, 2016/08/19 Since August 2015 many thousands of refugees come to the vacation island of Lesbos in Greece. Hence the isle attracted international media attention, but still struggles to cope...
Mudslides, endless raining and innumerable destroyed houses: this May Sri Lanka had once more to face heavy floods, which caused acute emergency for hundreds of thousands of people. While some of the...
Ethiopia + 3 more
by LKO, 2016/02/27 In our article series on El Niño we already dealt with the question what this climate phenomenon exactly is. We also had the opportunity to talk to the climate expert Mojib Latif...
by Jasmin Eigemann, 2014/07/28 Something is moving, around the hospital “Complexe de Santé Hosanna” in Kollo: This clinic, built by humedica, is completely devoted to the struggle against...
About four years ago, extensive floods in the North-West of Pakistan destroyed the livelihood of millions of people. As they have lived on cattle breeding and agriculture, the population of the...
Lebanon + 1 more
A refugee’s life is marked by lack and deprivation. The people suffer from lacking security, non-existent medical care and difficulties in food supply. A life which is marked by hopelessness and...
Lebanon + 3 more
Expansion of relief aid 170,000 persons are fleeing the war in their home country Syria. These desperate people are headed towards their neighbouring countries: Turkey, Jordan and the Lebanon. On the...
Relaxation of the dramatic situation not yet in sight Immediate humanitarian aid offered by committed relief assistants and well-structured cooperation in the disaster area are the most important...
Ejem, John, Lokoler, Masio and Mary. Names that stand for persons and their stories. All of them are or were participants in the nutrition programme that humedica has been running together with the...
by Ruth Bücker, Stefanie Huisgen A protective roof against sun and rain above their head. A place to sleep and eat. Going to the doctor’s when they are in pain. Waking up in a friendly, loving and...
Even during so-called good times, the population of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea has to face immense challenges in every-day life, as in one of the last communist countries of our...
by Sebastian Meitinger, Ruth Bücker “The food scarcity in Niger is unfortunately known to be a constant and substantial threat to the local inhabitants. But this year, after four relatively stable...
by Ruth Bücker, 2012/01/11 Famines caused by droughts and shortly after that heavy rainfalls that lead to floods. Extreme conditions, which result in sorrow and misery among those affected, and could...
It seems to be a global rule that the aboriginal people of a country are also the poorest part of the country's population. Only several hundred metres from this day's mission location, Simbahan,...
by Katja Weber, 2011/10/05 Spontaneous cheers, shrill warbling and laughing faces - this is how the men and women expressed their gratitude on last Thursday for being provided with food for the next...
by Katja Weber The largest slum of Nairobi – according to some, the largest of entire Africa – is called Kibera. This name is derived from the word “kibra”, which means forest or jungle. And it is...